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I've been hearing some various rumblings including WJOL this AM about an announcement coming very shortly that the school year will begin on time in Illinois. Not much else to add and no concrete sources but in more cases than not these sources have come through...fingers crossed.
To my knowledge, this was never in question in the NW suburbs
 
I've been hearing some various rumblings including WJOL this AM about an announcement coming very shortly that the school year will begin on time in Illinois. Not much else to add and no concrete sources but in more cases than not these sources have come through...fingers crossed.

Does that mean that school wills start on time with kids in the classrooms or that perhaps schools start on time with the option to do e-learning or some form of hybrid?

In-person school needs to be very different or don't do it at all and just do e-learning. No gathering in the cafeteria for lunch or breakfast. No all school or all class convocations. No pep rallies. No classrooms with desks less than six feet apart for another. No homecoming or other all school dances. Limited access to study hall/student center/library space that accommodates more than 50. Mandatory masks in the hallways during passing periods, and possibly even mandatory all day. Perhaps we will see a hybrid of in-person and e-learning such that e-learning takes place every day, but students attend school in person on alternate days in order to satisfy social distancing minimums in the classroom.

Still think sports are iffy. Definitely, some sports lend themselves better to social distancing than others. How do you maintain appropriate social distancing in the confined spaces of a huddle, sideline, dugout, hoops bench, or lining up on the LOS face to face and inches apart from your opponent? What about rugby scrums? Wrestling? How will a hoops coach communicate with his/her team during timeouts if not in a tight group so s/he can be heard?
 
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Often been hearing that you can't have sports if you're not in school physically from school districts and college. Actually if you think outside the box, you can. In fact it may be safer. If the argument is that being in school with 300, 500, 1000 plus kids is too dangerous then isolating them in sports with just a team and coaches is much safer. Less kids and exposure. Only exposure to really monitor is when you face other teams.

As ramblin said the what ifs and questions just get longer and longer. Hopefully reality sets in and people realize you can't social distance and with the age group of these kids it doesn't matter anyways. Have to play as normal or not at all. Tell all the parents there are no sports or that they can never come to watch their son or daughter compete and see how far that gets. My feeling is that many parents and the overall public thinks this is just going to blow over and not have an effect for school.
 
Does that mean that school wills start on time with kids in the classrooms or that perhaps schools start on time with the option to do e-learning or some form of hybrid?

In-person school needs to be very different or don't do it at all and just do e-learning. No gathering in the cafeteria for lunch or breakfast. No all school or all class convocations. No pep rallies. No classrooms with desks less than six feet apart for another. No homecoming or other all school dances. Limited access to study hall/student center/library space that accommodates more than 50. Mandatory masks in the hallways during passing periods, and possibly even mandatory all day. Perhaps we will see a hybrid of in-person and e-learning such that e-learning takes place every day, but students attend school in person on alternate days in order to satisfy social distancing minimums in the classroom.

Still think sports are iffy. Definitely, some sports lend themselves better to social distancing than others. How do you maintain appropriate social distancing in the confined spaces of a huddle, sideline, dugout, hoops bench, or lining up on the LOS face to face and inches apart from your opponent? What about rugby scrums? Wrestling? How will a hoops coach communicate with his/her team during timeouts if not in a tight group so s/he can be heard?
All good questions.
 
Often been hearing that you can't have sports if you're not in school physically from school districts and college. Actually if you think outside the box, you can. In fact it may be safer. If the argument is that being in school with 300, 500, 1000 plus kids is too dangerous then isolating them in sports with just a team and coaches is much safer. Less kids and exposure. Only exposure to really monitor is when you face other teams.

As ramblin said the what ifs and questions just get longer and longer. Hopefully reality sets in and people realize you can't social distance and with the age group of these kids it doesn't matter anyways. Have to play as normal or not at all. Tell all the parents there are no sports or that they can never come to watch their son or daughter compete and see how far that gets. My feeling is that many parents and the overall public thinks this is just going to blow over and not have an effect for school.

What about middle age and older coaches and officials and their exposure if the kids play as normal? Can't have officials running up and down the field/court with masks.
 
You're right they can't. And if they are very old or have pre existing conditions then they may have to think about participating or not- assess their own risk and make a choice since it's their life, not anybody else's.

But if they are relatively healthy and have no conditions then they should be able to participate with no masks or social distancing. If on the chance they do contract the virus, they'll survive and recover. The science already backs that up.
 
You're right they can't. And if they are very old or have pre existing conditions then they may have to think about participating or not- assess their own risk and make a choice since it's their life, not anybody else's.

But if they are relatively healthy and have no conditions then they should be able to participate with no masks or social distancing. If on the chance they do contract the virus, they'll survive and recover. The science already backs that up.

That's gonna impact a substantial percentage of high school football officials who are already getting on in years and/or are morbidly obese. Not trying to be mean here, but that's the reality for many. We already have a shortage of officials, and this will make it far worse.
 
How do you maintain appropriate social distancing in the confined spaces of a huddle, sideline, dugout, hoops bench, or lining up on the LOS face to face and inches apart from your opponent? What about rugby scrums? Wrestling? How will a hoops coach communicate with his/her team during timeouts if not in a tight group so s/he can be heard?
Flag gets thrown if team uses a huddle. Missing face-covering treated like a mouthpiece violation. We could go on and on!
 
The local JFL team here in Channahon just updated that they're kicking off the season in August, starting with helmets only then moving to full pads. First game is mid August. So good sign there!
 
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Glenbrook North and South announced plans for eLearning to begin 8/19, but that is only a provision to do so, if required. No final decision has been made at this point in D225 until final words from the Governor come through.
 
A lot will depend on what happens in Texas and Florida, larger states that have reopened.. regardless, I wouldn't be surprised to see all schools pushed back to after Labor Day..
 
A lot will depend on what happens in Texas and Florida, larger states that have reopened.. regardless, I wouldn't be surprised to see all schools pushed back to after Labor Day..
i'm hearing some colleges plan on starting earlier and not returning after thanksgiving break.
 
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